How to tell the driveshaft is on its way out

[jessetooslow]

I was wondering if their is a way you can tell your factory driveshaft is getting ready to junk. any signs or things to look for?

 

[suprahero]

Your hanger bearing might be going out, and you may have universal joint giong out. What kind of symptoms are you having to make you think something is breaking?

 

[ms07s]

On mine you can hear and feal it especialy on deceleration. Lots of vibration. You have a carrier bearing which usualy goes out the uni joints and then there is the bonding rubber in the tailshaft that rotts away.

 

[BlackMKIII]

My W58 driveshaft had a bad carrier bearing. It would clunk a lot when decelerating and when shifting. When the car was on a lift I could grab the shaft and move it around a good 1/2 inch.

 

[queenskid926]

Also another thing to look at might be your transmission mounts, I thought that i had to rebalanced my driveshaft or get a new U joint but All i really needed was another transmission mount for my w58, I had the same symptons tho, a vibration at about 70 - 80 mph and would increase as the speed rise